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Hi all! An update from within everyones most favorite regime, China.
I went with NordVPN and Mullvad. Haven't needed Nord yet, Mullvad is performing well.
Got through customs easier than I did re-entering my own country the last time I went travelling. I also have to say, the hi-tech culture here is whacky. They adopted the automatic passport processing that the EU uses partially, so you get a speed bonus with an EU issued passport. That was an unexpected boon. Also taxi is cheap and the cars are fancy.
No-one can drive though. I have felt safer in rollercoasters xD
Anyways, I'll ve focusing on the stuff here. Ill be back by the end of the month. I'm sure I'll have some tall tech tales to tell by then :)
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With a Presidential election days away, the biggest ways to record online statements are conspicuously broken.
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25% of Google Code is AI Generated
Layoffs, lack of pay raises for engineers, but they're not replacing programmers with Al. Wink wink.
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The futility of Ad-Blockers
Ads are filling the entirety of the Web -- websites, podcasts, YouTube videos, etc. -- at an increasing rate. Prices for those ad placements are plummeting. Consumers are desperate to use ad-blockers to make the web palatable. Google (and others) are desperate to break and block ad-blockers. All of which results in... more ads and lower pay for creators.
It's a fascinatingly annoying cycle. And there's only one viable way out of it.
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openSUSE says "No Lunduke allowed!"
Those in power with openSUSE make it clear they will not allow me anywhere near anything related to the openSUSE project. Ever. For any reason.
Well, that settles that, then! Guess I won't be contributing to openSUSE! 🤣
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Hrm... never had to worry about this, with Windows. Although, it DID happen a couple times with OSX.
Don't think I'm going to bother with this version of Tuxedo, tbh
Need a magnifier for your Osborne 1? https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/dipcos-easy-reader
Ladybird Update for October 2024
Highlights:
1. New sponsors, including JetBrains.
2. 2 new board members. One is a contributor who will act as a liason with the open source community, the other is a founding engineer from Mozilla.
3. More pull requests 25 new contributors.
4. Brave search is working.
5. Improvements in CSS nesting, filters, and CSS effects.
6. Huge movement in paasing web platform tests.
The project is coming along nicely.
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